Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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Something about the postseason tournaments is vexing for coach Tovaric. I do think the game steps things up in the tournaments though, making unity and other stuff matter even more.

Shocked to see Iowa win the Big 10 tourney, but they'll probably lose round 1. LSU rode that win to a tourney berth. We'll see if they can do anything there.

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Ford Field
Detroit, MI

Wofford Terriers at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 23, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#16 Wofford (18-14)	18	21	39
#1 Georgia (31-2)	40	44	84

Wofford Terriers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Clement	21	2-5	0-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	3	4
Murry	23	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	5
Homan	22	4-13	0-6	0-0	10	2	0	0	3	8
Sargent	25	5-8	0-1	2-2	5	1	0	1	4	12
Elsey	11	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	0	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wadood	4	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andres	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guzman	11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Sullinger	12	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Bruce	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
O'Donnell	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Evtimov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		17-43	1-18	4-4	21	10	0	2	15	39
TEAM TOTALS		17-43	1-18	4-4	21	10	0	2	15	39

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	11	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Horton	11	3-6	0-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Sanderson, T	11	3-4	0-1	2-3	3	0	0	0	0	8
Kovacevic	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Moody	11	5-5	0-0	3-4	5	0	1	0	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	17	5-8	2-5	1-2	3	1	5	0	0	13
Root	17	2-9	1-5	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	5
Deren	17	7-10	0-0	4-4	5	3	3	1	0	18
Fontenet	17	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	4
Hart	17	4-7	2-4	1-2	1	0	4	0	0	11
TEAM TOTALS		33-58	6-22	12-17	28	13	15	1	0	84

Tovarich: Good game by the backups, perhaps some nice practice for the starters. Hopefully we got the bad 3-point shooting out of the system.

Reporter: Does this get you out of your recent slump?

Tovarich: No, not really. That was a pointless game. That's what you earn as a 1 seed though.

Reporter: Would you rather have seen Texas A&M a 3rd time?

Tovarich: They had two rough nights against us, so that wouldn't have upset me. NC State is a crazy good 9 seed, rated same as we are. That'll be a tough 2nd round for sure. You'd hope for something easier than that from a 9 seed.

Reporter: What do you think of 11-loss Georgia Tech being in your bracket as a 2 seed?

Tovarich: When you're rated 98 OVR, I guess they excuse a lot of losses still.

[Tovarich]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Something about the postseason tournaments is vexing for coach Tovaric. I do think the game steps things up in the tournaments though, making unity and other stuff matter even more.

Shocked to see Iowa win the Big 10 tourney, but they'll probably lose round 1. LSU rode that win to a tourney berth. We'll see if they can do anything there.

Indeed. Perhaps there's an Ivy League rebuild in Coach Tovarich's future.

Iowa overachieved just a little but they tied Michigan State for 1st, even though they're only an 86 OVR. The Big 10 is quite down, though they've improved from last season when they were a 1-bid league.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament

Play-in Game
Cal Fullerton 91 Southern Utah 85

1st Round
East
#1 Marquette 111 #16 Cal Fullerton 45
#8 Virginia Tech 67 #9 DePaul 65
#5 East Carolina 65 #12 Winthrop 55
#4 Pepperdine 90 #13 Illinois-Chicago 75

#6 Texas Tech 88 #11 Colorado 80
#3 Florida State 100 #14 Alabama A&M 55
#7 Auburn 95 #10 Richmond 78
#2 USC 84 #15 North Florida 68

West
#1 Alabama 94 #16 Maine 60
#8 San Francisco 95 #9 Northwestern
#12 Tulane 91 #5 Tennessee 75
#4 Notre Dame 76 #13 Hawaii 66

#6 West Virginia 81 #11 Western Michigan 72
#3 Louisville 85 #14 Troy 55
#7 Miami Florida 90 #10 George Mason 69
#2 Clemson 96 #15 Columbia 49

South
#1 Georgia 84 #16 Wofford 39
#9 North Carolina State 76 #8 Texas A&M 69
#5 Boston College 83 #12 Indiana State 47
#4 South Florida 90 #13 Fairfield 53

#11 Oklahoma 79 #6 Maryland 72
#3 California 95 #14 Wyoming 54
#10 Iowa 78 #7 Kansas 58
#2 Georgia Tech 105 #15 Colgate 42

Midwest
#16 Robert Morris 74 #1 Massachusetts 61
#8 UNLV 81 #9 UCLA 74
#5 Pittsburgh 70 #12 Tennessee State 68
#4 Michigan State 95 #13 Bethune-Cookman 67

#11 Louisiana State 82 #6 Brigham Young 68
#14 Weber State 83 #3 Fresno State 78
#10 Indiana 66 #7 Syracuse 58
#2 Arizona 82 #15 Northwestern State 67

NIT 1st Round
Vanderbilt 77 UMBC 49
New Orleans 76 Air Force 40
American 73 Idaho 52
Georgetown 79 UMKC 73

Florida A&M 75 VCU 49
St. Joseph's 71 Towson 69
Washington State 82 Rhode Island 38
Arizona State 85 Furman 51

Oregon 83 Mt. St. Mary's 67
La Salle 83 Temple 72
New Mexico State 87 Creighton 66
Houston 93 Southern 62

Loyola MD 107 Central Arkansas 41
St. Bonaventure 80 Wisconsin 66
Duke 101 Cal Davis 62
Cal State Bakersfield 89 New Mexico 88

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Yes, Robert Morris beat UMass. Story of the tournament. But what happened in this bracket? Wow.

#11 Louisiana State 82 #6 Brigham Young 68
#14 Weber State 83 #3 Fresno State 78
#10 Indiana 66 #7 Syracuse 58
#2 Arizona 82 #15 Northwestern State 67

[Tovarich]

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Yes, Robert Morris beat UMass. Story of the tournament. But what happened in this bracket? Wow.

I think that's the 2nd 16 seed to win. I'd have to go back and find it but one of the early seasons I think Syracuse lost to a 16 and Boeheim retired right after. I meant to look up what UMass is rated because the final poll had them 7th and it was rather baffling they got a 1 seed, while #3 Clemson and #4 Arizona didn't.

I don't think the chaos in that bracket is over. I think I already saw Weber State beat LSU. Seems all the overrated smaller schools got exposed. BYU and Fresno had nice records but were grossly overrated, UMass probably too.

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Ford Field
Detroit, MI

North Carolina State Wolfpack at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 25, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#9 North Carolina State (21-12)	29	30	59
#1 Georgia (32-1)	48	47	95

North Carolina State Wolfpack
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Frazier	22	5-10	1-2	2-2	0	9	0	0	3	13
Long	24	9-12	2-4	2-2	2	2	1	0	2	22
McCurry	22	2-13	1-6	0-0	4	3	0	1	4	5
Wilson	19	3-7	0-1	0-0	9	0	2	0	3	6
Power	23	5-7	1-1	0-0	11	0	0	0	3	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Day	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Iversen	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jameson	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kole	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	3	0	0	0
Conley	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Lang	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gouard	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-53	5-14	4-4	29	15	6	1	21	59
TEAM TOTALS		25-53	5-14	4-4	29	15	6	1	21	59

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	16	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	4	2	0	3	8
Horton	16	4-6	2-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	10
Sanderson, T	13	2-10	1-8	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	5
Kovacevic	16	3-5	0-0	0-0	7	1	5	0	1	6
Moody	14	5-9	0-0	1-1	4	2	2	1	2	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	12	4-6	1-2	0-1	1	2	2	0	0	9
Root	15	5-7	3-4	0-0	0	2	4	1	0	13
Deren	14	5-9	0-0	5-6	2	0	1	1	0	15
Fontenet	12	4-5	0-0	2-2	8	3	2	0	0	10
Hart	12	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	8
TEAM TOTALS		38-68	11-26	8-10	25	17	21	3	7	95

Tovarich: That was the best bench performance I've ever seen, by far. They were awesome. Rough start, so in the end, I'm surprised it was so easy after that.

Reporter: You're down 13-8 and sub in the bench. Was that all that you changed?

Tovarich: Yeah, the starters just were off. The bench came in and immediately went on a 19-0 run. We started 3/10 on 3's. Sanderson was most of the misses. He was just off tonight. We were getting killed on the boards by guards running in around our big guys. None of the starters were all that on, but the bench was beyond incredible. They deserved even more minutes than they got really.

Reporter: Does this give you some momentum heading into the second weekend?

Tovarich: Nope. We killed Arizona in the 2nd round last year, and it meant nothing against Pitt.

Reporter: How about the first meeting with BC early in the season?

Tovarich: I think that was 100-59? I assume they had a bad night and I assume they'll be much better today. I don't think it matters much. I'll have to look back and what all happened in that game, that was 4 months ago probably.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#1 Marquette 66 #8 Virginia Tech 65
#5 East Carolina 84 #4 Pepperdine 83
#6 Texas Tech 67 #3 Florida State 60
#2 Southern California 67 #7 Auburn 66

West
#1 Alabama 87 #8 San Francisco 78
#4 Notre Dame 78 #12 Tulane 73
#3 Louisville 83 #6 West Virginia 80
#2 Clemson 80 #7 Miami Florida 78

South
#1 Georgia 95 #9 North Carolina State 59
#5 Boston College 79 #4 South Florida 70
#11 Oklahoma 93 #3 California 78
#2 Georgia Tech 85 #10 Iowa 69

Midwest
#8 UNLV 97 #16 Robert Morris 59
#5 Pittsburgh 77 #4 Michigan State 70
#14 Weber State 64 #11 Louisiana State 58
#10 Indiana 73 #2 Arizona 63

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Boston College Eagles at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 29, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#5 Boston College (24-11)	43	43	86
#1 Georgia (33-2)	50	49	99

Boston College Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kuhle	24	7-12	4-7	0-0	0	12	1	0	2	18
Ariza	23	9-12	1-4	0-0	1	3	1	0	6	19
Souchu	26	6-7	2-2	1-1	4	2	0	0	2	15
Okosa	26	4-6	1-1	3-3	6	3	1	1	5	12
Elliott	23	5-8	0-1	0-0	6	2	1	1	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Herman	9	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	8
Bazin	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burnett	7	2-3	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Freiji	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Galbreath	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Riddick	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Stys	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		36-52	10-18	4-5	20	24	4	2	17	86
TEAM TOTALS		36-52	10-18	4-5	20	24	4	2	17	86

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	25	6-7	3-3	0-0	3	11	4	0	2	15
Horton	25	4-10	4-9	0-0	0	0	3	0	0	12
Sanderson, T	24	5-11	4-9	0-0	0	2	3	0	0	14
Kovacevic	25	5-11	0-0	3-3	9	7	4	0	0	13
Moody	24	18-20	0-0	2-2	2	2	2	2	1	38
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Root	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deren	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Fontenet	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Hart	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	5
TEAM TOTALS		41-67	12-26	5-5	17	23	17	3	5	99

Tovarich: That was a lot harder than the first time, as I expected. I see why we scored 100 the first time. We tower over that team. Not that it helps our rebounding, as usual. But Moody could do whatever he wanted. If they'd play man to man, I'd go down low 100% of the possessions, but they play so much zone, I just can't help but let the 3's fly when they're open.

Reporter: Can you win a championship with that kind of defense?

Tovarich: Of course not. Allowing almost 70% shooting isn't going to work. We forced a lot of turnovers luckily. They were playing a little too fast for their own good there. Not to mention they're too repetitive in their playcalling. I mean, if you want to run the same 3 plays over and over and over, you have to think someone catches on. Denying shots is our best defense, and we need to just not let Georgia Tech shoot 70%, which they're more than capable of.

Reporter: Will that first matchup carry over in any way?

Tovarich: We'll try to do what we did today. Get the ball down low. We tower over them because they're nothing but guards. They're crazy good guards and they're rated 98 OVR as a team for a reason, which I've never seen before, but they're small. We have to make the game about our size and not about their speed and shooting.

Reporter: Why was the bench so bad today?

Tovarich: I didn't exactly give them a lot of chances, but totally different than last week for sure. Since Boston College played their bench so little, I felt the need to keep my starters out there too so we weren't at a disadvantage. We have better depth of course and maybe we can tired them out by the end but Georgia Tech can send wave after wave of good shooters. BC did a good job calling all their timeouts to keep everyone fresh.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

#1 Marquette 88 #5 East Carolina 64
#2 Southern California 76 #6 Texas Tech 74

#4 Notre Dame 94 #1 Alabama 88
#3 Louisville 92 #2 Clemson 69

#1 Georgia 99 #5 Boston College 86
#2 Georgia Tech 77 #11 Oklahoma 62

#5 Pittsburgh 74 #8 UNLV 62
#10 Indiana 94 #14 Weber State 66

NIT 2nd Round
Vanderbilt 90 New Orleans 73
Georgetown 77 American 57

St. Joseph's 68 Florida A&M 57
Arizona State 71 Washington State 60

Oregon 77 La Salle 76
Houston 66 New Mexico State 53

Loyola MD 68 St. Bonaventure 65
Duke 95 Cal State Bakersfield 72

NIT Quarterfinals
Vanderbilt 71 Georgetown 65

Arizona State 69 St. Joseph's 60

Houston 82 Oregon 80

Duke 66 Loyola MD 62

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 31, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 Georgia Tech (25-12)	34	29	63
#1 Georgia (34-2)	41	51	92

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Smith	21	5-10	2-4	2-2	0	7	0	0	5	14
Samuel	21	3-7	3-5	0-0	1	3	0	1	0	9
Givens	20	4-11	2-8	1-2	4	4	0	0	0	11
Doellman	9	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Hobson	7	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bojang	11	3-6	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Schneiderman	14	2-5	2-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	6
Dixon	10	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Bland	4	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Mikalauskas	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Jahnke	12	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Bonner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	12-27	3-4	17	18	0	2	10	63
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	12-27	3-4	17	18	0	2	10	63

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	19	2-3	0-1	3-4	1	1	2	0	1	7
Horton	19	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sanderson, T	19	1-3	0-2	0-0	5	4	1	0	0	2
Kovacevic	19	8-11	0-0	4-5	9	2	1	1	1	20
Moody	18	12-16	0-0	5-5	4	0	1	1	0	29
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Root	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Deren	10	7-8	0-0	3-4	5	1	1	0	1	17
Fontenet	9	3-5	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	1	0	8
Hart	9	1-2	1-1	2-2	0	0	2	0	0	5
TEAM TOTALS		36-54	1-6	19-22	26	12	10	3	3	92

Tovarich: This should be a lesson to all to balance your roster. 9 guards isn't smart. That team is rated higher than any team I've ever seen. And they lost 12 games, and that's playing in a conference full of teams who also don't know what a big man is. It's good not to go off the other end of the spectrum either. I noticed a roster this last week that has 7 C's, 5 PF's and 1 SF with zero guards on their roster. I'm stunned they won 7 games.

Reporter: Why did you even bother shooting 6 3's?

Tovarich: I'm not sure. We didn't shoot well from out there. Down to the post should've been the one and only plan. It was particularly easy when we kept their big guys in foul trouble. Neither made it to double digit minutes. If you're so thin there, full court pressing after every basket for the entirety of the game is not smart.

Reporter: 10 seed Indiana. Is that an advantage to have such a weak opponent in the Final Four?

Tovarich: Their fans ought to take over Ford Field, but it doesn't matter. At this point, you either beat 4 good teams, or you are a good team. On paper, they're decent enough. We haven't had a tough game yet in the tournament though, so hopefully the players remember how to play a close game.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8
#1 Marquette 74 #2 Southern California 72

#4 Notre Dame 84 #3 Louisville 81

#1 Georgia 92 #2 Georgia Tech 63

#10 Indiana 64 #5 Pittsburgh 62

NIT Final Four

Arizona State 70 Vanderbilt 58

Duke 88 Houston 54

NIT Championship
Duke 69 Arizona State 54

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
Ford Field
Detroit, MI

Indiana Hoosiers at Georgia Bulldogs
Apr 5, 2019	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
#10 Indiana (23-11)	44	28	12	84
#1 Georgia (35-2)	41	31	18	90

Indiana Hoosiers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bing	28	5-11	1-4	1-2	0	13	0	0	1	12
Berry	28	6-9	2-4	0-0	1	4	0	0	2	14
Fellers	28	5-8	2-3	0-0	3	4	0	1	0	12
Henning	30	7-9	2-3	0-0	2	2	0	2	2	16
Okpalobi	28	4-5	0-0	0-0	6	3	1	1	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Spong	12	4-7	2-4	3-3	0	1	0	0	1	13
Holt	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Pandov	8	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	6
Almond	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hernandez	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Shropshire	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Olaiya	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		35-55	10-19	4-5	17	29	1	5	7	84
TEAM TOTALS		35-55	10-19	4-5	17	29	1	5	7	84

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	28	3-6	1-	0-0	3	7	1	0	0	7
Horton	28	5-8	4-6	2-2	1	2	1	0	0	16
Sanderson, T	28	4-9	3-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	11
Kovacevic	28	4-6	1-1	8-8	7	4	2	0	1	17
Moody	28	12-19	0-0	6-6	3	4	0	1	1	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Root	5	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	3
Deren	5	3-7	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Fontenet	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hart	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		32-59	10-18	16-16	20	21	7	1	2	90

Tovarich: Whew. I thought we were good up 72-63 in regulation. I think just under 3 to go, and then we never scored again and they hit the 3 with 12 seconds to go to tie it and we missed about our 7th shot in a row to end the game that would've won it. We had zero momentum going into OT. They made their first 3 shots I think. We finally got going. Then they cooled off. We got 3 offensive rebounds there, all of which were huge. This time we were able to run the clock down.

Reporter: Why do you think they didn't foul you down 5 with 53 seconds to go?

Tovarich: No idea. There's not time left to play that out. I couldn't believe they didn't start fouling. They were only at 4 I think, so they'd have needed to do it 3 times. We got the offensive rebound on our miss and the game was basically over there. They needed to prolong things.

Reporter: Why did you choose Kovacevic to take the FT's at the end when they intentionally fouled?

Tovarich: I've not settled on anyone for that role this entire year. No one's really great at FT's. Sanderson the PG has a wonky motion that I don't like. It can be hard to find the right release point. Also he's young. Horton was our best FT shooter but he only shot like 24 all season, so that's not much of a sample. Kovacevic I feel has the smoothest motion, the least that can go wrong and so therefore the most consistent. And he went 6/6, so my gut was right. They made a couple shots there at the end too so we needed at least most of them.

Reporter: Did all your previous overtime experience this season play a role in this game?

Tovarich: I'd like to think it helped everyone keep calm considering what was at stake. We start 3 seniors and have 5 that play every game and even the 5 sophomores all have pretty good experience at this point. That's why we played the killer schedule. You want to get to this point in the season and not see anything you didn't already see.

Reporter: Do you prefer a re-match with Notre Dame or Marquette?

Tovarich: I've not had a good experience with Marquette yet I don't think. I know they killed us in the tournament at Western Kentucky and we went there the following season and lost again. I don't know if I ever saw them a 3rd time. Notre Dame we blew out in the first half and they shot out of their minds and almost came all the way back in the second half. I'd take my chances with them again I think. Either way, it'll be hard.

Reporter: Does winning or losing the championship affect your decision to go or stay?

Tovarich: Yeah, of course. If we win, that's a good exiting spot. If we don't, I may leave anyway and find something more challenging, but we do lose a ton of experience. Next year's roster will be 5 JR's and 8 FR. So that's still a challenge you'd hope and a rebuilding year, so if we can't finish things this year, maybe that motivates me to return. It all depends on what challenges are out there that are available and what intrigues me. I'm still a west coast guy and I never thought I'd spend 13 seasons out east without ever getting back over there to my people, so we'll see.

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
#4 Notre Dame 93 #1 Marquette 87

#1 Georgia 90 #10 Indiana 84 (OT)

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vs.

NCAA Tournament Championship
Ford Field
Detroit, MI

Georgia Bulldogs at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Apr 7, 2019	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#1 Georgia (36-2)	49	27	76
#4 Notre Dame (27-10)	42	26	68

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sanderson, I	23	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	3	2
Horton	23	4-7	2-5	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	10
Sanderson, T	23	2-8	0-6	0-0	0	1	2	0	1	4
Kovacevic	22	8-13	0-7	7-9	6	2	2	0	0	23
Moody	22	8-10	0-0	4-5	8	3	1	0	2	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parsons	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Root	5	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Deren	6	2-2	0-0	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	8
Fontenet	6	1-3	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Hart	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28-50	4-15	16-19	20	11	14	0	6	76

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Freedman	21	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	8	1	0	2	6
Tate	22	4-6	2-3	0-0	0	0	1	1	1	10
Burnstein	23	6-11	1-2	6-8	3	2	0	0	2	19
Myers	22	5-6	2-2	0-0	4	1	0	0	2	12
Franklin	13	5-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cassler	13	2-4	1-1	2-2	3	2	1	0	2	7
Ryan	10	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Skomsky	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	2
Batte	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dawson	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Wilkerson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hornsby	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-43	6-11	8-10	18	15	4	2	14	68

Tovarich: It would have been hard to imagine 3 years ago winning a championship with the group I thought I was inheriting. They'd lost 22 games, they were mostly FR. They didn't seem all that heralded. One moved to the bench, but 3 have been starting the whole time. A couple of backups are still around despite all the house cleaning. Some of the new recruits played a big role. This was a solid team last season, and all 10 came back, I admit I would have been pretty disappointed if we didn't win it this year.

Reporter: 4 of your 6 opponents had no big men. Was that the matchup problem that doomed all of them?

Tovarich: You have to do a lot to overcome that. I don't remember from the first matchup, but Notre Dame only had 1 PF tonight, and he got in foul trouble quickly trying to guard people that tower over him, so we had Moody and Kovacevic up against SF's all game. Even the one PF isn't all that tall. We're lucky to inherit Kovacevic at PF who is 6'11"

Reporter: Do you expect Moody to win some national awards?

Tovarich: I'm not sure, but they're not important. This championship is largely because of him. The irony is, I wasn't even recruiting him. We signed Deren in the early window and he was the 3rd rated C that class. It was only when Tchuisi went to Clemson, ironically to play C even though he's a SF because they don't have a C or a PF, that I noticed the 2nd C in the class was sitting there with no offers, so we didn't even go for him until mid-December. Any of 8 or so ACC schools sign that guy, and they're hoisting this trophy next to me. That conference is nothing but guards and this tournament is nothing but matchups, and there's no flexibility on their part with their roster designs. We'd be solid with Kovacevic and Deren splitting time at center, but we wouldn't be this elite. He takes advantage of all these little guys he gets defending him all the time. And for these other teams to overcome that would take some really heroic shooting. Notre Dame shot well today, but the big guys and the ability to draw fouls on smaller defenders canceled that out and then some. I know St. Francis NY is hoarding 7 C's and 5 PF's on their roster, but these big schools need to make it a bigger priority to get a good big man and not just pile up 5* guards.

Reporter: So do you expect to be coaching somewhere else next season?

Tovarich: Most likely.